Canada is being blasted with such diverse weather conditions every day – one day can have a blizzard that is as cold as -30 degrees Celsius, with the next day feeling like the perfect introduction to spring. Because of this, my sister and I have had lots of extra time on our hands for reading. Luckily just before a really big bout of snow last week I had gotten into the library and picked up this book, the first in a three book series: The Maze Runner. Because of the finicky weather I read it in just 2 days! And I must say one thing about this book: Wow.

I really enjoyed myself with this book, it was written well, and had a great point of view, and a very interesting storyline. I do not know why I haven’t read it earlier! It was great, and if the school library has the next book in the series, I am fairly sure I am going to read it. I must say, I was a bit surprised by the ending of this first book (not giving away any spoilers, but let’s just say there was a... little blood spilled), but it is a futuristic sci-fi dystopian novel, what did I expect?

I actually really enjoyed this book! I only picked it up because we had to read something that qualified as ‘romance’ for the book club, and this mentioned that the main character finds her first love on the back, so the librarian let me have it. I was grateful to not have to read what most people classify as ‘romance’. In case you have no idea why I would be required to read something romancey, on Friday it’s going to be Valentines Day!

Before we get to my review, I would just like to apologize for how long it has been since we posted our last reviews (3 weeks!). We got attacked by exams and lots of homework, and could not take the time to write a book review. We will both do our best to make sure that there will not be such a gap between reviews from now on!

Now for the book review:

This is the second book that I have ever read by Neil Gaiman (The first was Coraline). I was hoping that I would enjoy this book as much as I did Coraline . But now, after having finished reading The Graveyard Book, I have realized that such a comparison is bordering near impossible, because both books are good in their own respective way. I am not usually a fan of books within the ‘paranormal’ kind of genre, but I gave this one a shot after having enjoyed Coraline so much. I must say I did not enjoy this book as much as I thought that I would.

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Jason and Elizabeth are brother and sister book addicts who somehow manage to get along (most of the time). They reside in Canada with their dog Becky, and one (slightly insane) fly-hunting cat named Fish. Oh. And their parents. They're important too.